DataForSEO API Gateway — Run Any DataForSEO Endpoint, No Subscription

Use the full DataForSEO API without a DataForSEO account, subscription, or minimum top-up. Pay only for the calls you make, billed through Apify. Pass an endpoint path + payload and get clean structured JSON back.

DataForSEO is powerful but requires its own account and a prepaid balance. This gateway lets you call any DataForSEO v3 endpoint on demand — perfect for trying it out, low-volume use, or wiring DataForSEO into Apify/Make/n8n/AI-agent workflows without managing another vendor account.

Requires a paid Apify plan. See Pricing.

---

What you can call

Any DataForSEO v3 endpoint, including:

• SERP — serp/google/organic/live/advanced, maps, news, jobs, autocomplete, Bing
• Keywords Data — keywords_data/google_ads/search_volume/live, trends
• DataForSEO Labs — dataforseo_labs/google/keyword_suggestions/live, ranked_keywords, keyword_difficulty, search_intent, competitors_domain, domain_rank_overview
• Backlinks — summary, backlinks, referring_domains, anchors
• On-Page — on_page/instant_pages, lighthouse
• Merchant — Amazon & Google Shopping
• Business Data — Google/Trustpilot/Tripadvisor reviews

How to use it

Single request:

{
  "path": "dataforseo_labs/google/keyword_suggestions/live",
  "payload": { "keyword": "email marketing", "location_code": 2840, "language_code": "en", "limit": 50 }
}

Batch:

{
  "requests": [
    { "path": "serp/google/organic/live/advanced", "payload": { "keyword": "crm software", "location_code": 2840 } },
    { "path": "keywords_data/google_ads/search_volume/live", "payload": { "keywords": ["crm","crm software"], "location_code": 2840 } }
  ]
}

Each row returned contains the endpoint, method, status_code, status_message and the parsed result.

Pricing

Flat fee per API call — no subscription, no DataForSEO account needed. Most standard endpoints (SERP, Keywords, Labs, Backlinks, On-Page, Merchant, Business Data) are covered by the per-call price.

Requires a paid Apify plan

This Actor runs on any paid Apify plan. It is not available on the Apify free plan.

If you start it on the free plan, nothing is run and nothing is charged: the run finishes with a status line saying so, and the dataset has one row per request explaining the same.

FAQ

Do I need a DataForSEO account? No — that's the whole point. Calls run through our managed access; you pay per call via Apify.

Which endpoints are supported? All standard v3 data endpoints. Use the exact path from DataForSEO's docs (without the leading /v3/).

Is the response the same as DataForSEO's? Yes — you get the parsed task result, plus the status code and message.

Great for AI agents? Yes — clean JSON, ideal for MCP servers, n8n, Make, and LLM agents.

Can I use it on the Apify free plan? No. It needs a paid Apify plan. A run started on the free plan is not charged and makes no calls; it ends with a message saying so.

---

Tags: dataforseo, dataforseo api, dataforseo gateway, seo api, serp api, keyword api, backlinks api, dataforseo without subscription, dataforseo wrapper, dataforseo labs, dataforseo proxy.